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Wilmington, NC, Airmail sub-station

Wilmington, NC, Airmail sub-station Highwood Park, January 1, 1912. The first airmail flight in the US took place in New York on November 3, 1910, just over a year later, a group of North Carolinians met at the Highwood Park in Wilmington to watch a Curtiss Exposition plane, flown by Lincoln Beachey, take off from the park carrying 1200 pieces of mail. It flew about the park and then landed. Today, only six examples of mail carried on this flight remain. This was the thirteenth recorded airmail flight in the US. The postcard is Scott UX22 which was issued April 13, 1910.

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Rutherfordton, NC, April 9, 1855

Rutherfordton, NC, April 9, 1855, a letter of grief or mourning cover from Rutherfordton in Rutherford County. The envelope was posted April 9, 1855 and is the earliest recorded mourning cover from North Carolina. The 2.5 mm Black Border on the cover indicates someone had died and the writer was in mourning for their death. Queen Victoria of England is attributed as making mourning covers popular during her reign from 1837-1901. The latest known North Carolina mourning cover is 1934.

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Postal Historian Volume 34

Articles for the Winter issue, Volume 34, No.1, Whole 129, January 01, 2015
Edgeworth Female Seminary, Richard F. Winter
Elizabeth City, Stampless Handstamp Rate Markings 1835-1840, Tony L. Crumbley
Some Raleigh Covers Commemorating Anniversaries of Andrew Johnson’s Birth, Maurice M. Bursey
Western North Carolina Space Covers, Scott Steward
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Old Mystery Cover

Articles for the Spring issue, Volume 34, No.2, Whole 130, April 01, 2015
A Tale of Two Cities: Fuquay Springs and Varina, Tony L. Crumbley
Mail from Camp Stokes CSA in 1864-1865, Stefan T. Jaronski
North Carolina Postal History from the Robert J. Karrer Collection, Scott Troutman
Scott M. Troutman, 1950-2015, Tony L. Crumbley
The Greensboro PAID Handstamp Revisited, Thomas S. Richardson
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Postal Historian Volume 33

Articles for the Winter issue, Volume 33, No.1,, Whole 125, January 01, 2014
A Postal History of Wake Forest University, Tony L. Crumbley
The Postal History of Columbus County, Charles F. Hall, Jr.
Mystery Cover
Village Post Offices

Articles for the Spring issue, Volume 33, No.2, Whole 126, April 01, 2014
A Bertie County Historical Find, Tony L. Crumbley
Military Mail from Roanoke Island, Revisited, Stefan T. Jaronski
Some North Carolina Confederate Covers Addressed to Thomas Ruffin, Maurice M. Bursey
Wilmington Not Williamston, Richard F. Winter
Correction
New Markings
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Articles for the Summer issue, Volume 33, No.3, Whole 127, July 01, 2014
Siler City – A Postal History, Tony L. Crumbley
The Western Railroad, A Postal Perspective, Charles F. Hall, Jr.
Letter to the Editors
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Articles for the Fall issue, Volume 33, No.4, Whole 128, October 01, 2014
Salisbury, NC – A Postal History, Tony L. Crumbley
Wilmington to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, David D’Alessandris
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Postal Historian Volume 32

Articles for the Winter issue, Volume 32, No.1, Whole 121, January 01, 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina, A Variety of Color, Tony L. Crumbley
Robert Outlaw, 1929-2012, Tony L. Crumbley
The Postal History of Wilkes County, Charles F. Hall, Jr.
U.S. Postal Bulletins on a New Web Site, Richard F. Winter
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Articles for the Spring issue, Volume 32, No.2, Whole 122, April 01, 2013
A Forced March to Fayetteville, Charles F. Hall, Jr.
Early Columbia Machine Cancels of Charlotte, Richard F. Winter
North Carolina Liquor Permits, Scott Troutman
Williamston, Martin County’s Outstanding Post Office, Tony L. Crumbley
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Articles for the Summer issue, Volume 32, No.3, Whole 123, July 01, 2013
A Cover from Centreville, N.C. to General Matt Ransom, Scott Troutman
Mill Grove to Brackenheim, Württemberg, Richard F. Winter
North Carolina’s Faces in the War of 1812, Tony L. Crumbley
Union Occupation Mail from Eastern North Carolina during the Civil War, Part 1, Michael C. McClung
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Articles for the Fall issue, Volume 32, No.4, Whole 124 October 01, 2013
North Carolina – American Freedom Train 1976, Jim Cate
Pecan, Bladen County: An 18-Month Office, Darrell Ertzberger
Red Springs, North Carolina: Flora MacDonald College, Tony L. Crumbley
Some Interesting Ship Covers, Richard F. Winter
The Great War in Raleigh, Charles F. Hall, Jr.
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